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The Printed Book, Its History, Illustration and Adornment from the Days of Gutenberg to the Present Time.
by Bouchot, Herni
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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About This Item
viii, 312 pages.
Gilt decorated olive cloth, top edge gilt. With illustrations and facsimiles.
Corners, spine top and bottom, very slightly bumped. Sporadic foxing to title page, front and rear free end-papers, final leaf, and inner margins of first 4 pages. Text and illustrations clean.
With one hundred and Eighteen Illustrations and Facsimiles of Early Typography, Printers' Marks, Copies of Book Illustrations and Specimens of Bindings of All Ages. First edition in English of this important history of the book.
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- Bookseller
- John Atkins
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0206
- Title
- The Printed Book, Its History, Illustration and Adornment from the Days of Gutenberg to the Present Time.
- Author
- Bouchot, Herni
- Format/Binding
- Cloth covered boards.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- H. Grevel and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1887
- Size
- 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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